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Despite it now being percieved as a fashionable thing I still really fancy having a go at riding fixed. I've had a whizz round the Velodrome but I think I'd like to ride one on the road to commute on. However I don't want to lay out hundreds and then discover that I don't have the cajones for it or the route in is too hilly. Anybody got one that I can borrow (he said optimistically)?

I'd forgotten all about this one. I ended up buying a singlespeed Genesis Day One cyclocross bike cheap. It has a flip flop rear wheel and I eventually succumbed to temptation and it's now fixed. I got quite a bit of use out of it last year and even managed a century ride on it. I like to get out on it but maybe the gearing is a bit tall to be using year round (or I'm just not very fit). It takes a fair bit of getting used to and I've had a few 'brown trouser' moments...